"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant."Robert Louis Stevenson

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Birth Announcement We Have Tomato Sprouts

While most were out celebrating on New Year's Eve, I was planting tomato seeds. This might seem very early to begin planting, but I plant out my tomato seedlings in mid-March, they will be large strong plants by that time and able to withstand the cooler temperatures.

Photo's taken on January 6, 2014

Green Zebra (2) Dr. Wyche's (2) Gold Medal (2)

German Queen (2) Cherokee Purple (4) plants

San Marzano (3) Southern Night (1) Flame/Hillbilly (2) plants

Not showing yet is Green Grape (1) Brown Cherry (1) Sundrop Orange Cherry (1) Bi-color Cherry (1) plants. In the middle is Poha(Physalis peruviana) also known as Cape Gooseberry and Peruvian Groundcherry (2) this is seeds I saved from my plants last year and I sure hope they come in because the fruit is delicious.

This is the same group of seedlings with photo taken on Jan 8. Some seeds are not coming in so I will re-seed again. Some of the seed packages I have are a year or two old and may not make it. I have plenty of seeds to germinate and plenty of time yet to try. I am giving these a few hours of sun from the window each day now. I also will hook up a grow bulb tomorrow to give them more hours of light.

This tray still not showing their faces, Big White Pink Stripe, Black Krim, and Chocolate Stripe

Still no sign of Green Zebra, will need to re-seed this one as it is one of our favorites.

This tray is a no show yet. These are a blend of cherry tomatoes called Rainbow Blend from Botanical Interests. The seeds are several years old and may not show. I will plant more in here and see if they will come in.

Henderson's Ponderosa is coming in very well with most seeds already up. I will have at least 6 of these plants. One of my favorites, very prolific and is really nice for canning and freezing whole.

At least two of German Queen is up now and this was seed that I had for 2 years from Seeds of Change. Cherokee Purple is from Botanical Interests and some seeds I saved from years past.

San Marzano and Flame, also known as Hillbilly coming in strong. I will have at least four San Marzano.

I have already used all of my canned and frozen tomatoes so this year I will be planting far more tomatoes. In the past I have had at least 12 plants, but last year I only put in 6 plus two cherry tomato plants. Not enough!

3 comments:

Learning how to grow hardy tomatoes is a challenge. We did have some produce last year and they did about as well as the nursery plants. Keep us posted on your progress and do pass on any tips that you might have.

Hi Ann, so many of these seeds are from a couple of years back that I am surprised that most have come up. I normally grow from seed but also add a few nursery plants. It is difficult to pass up tomato plants when I see them. LOL. I will keep the blog updated.

Thank you for stopping by, I hope your new year is going well for you. I will be over to see what you are up to on your blog soon.

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